Vehicle-wheel.



W. D. MORRIS.

VEHIGLE WHEELL APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1912.

1,072,348, Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

' tioularl band 3 shrunk or otherwise immovably'se- Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and VVheels; and I do hereby declare the follownialre and use the same.

claims following;

'5, preferably corresponding in length with UNITED STAT-ES PATENT QFFIQE.

WILLIAM n. MORRIS, or Yotmosrown, oHio, AssrcNon r0 ran REPUBLIC RUBBER comran'r, or YOUNGSTQWN, 01:10, A COREO'RATIDN or 01110.

, vnmc'nn wnann Specification of letters latent.

Patented Sept. 2, 191:

Application health 17, 1912. Serial Nu-703,961.

To all whom z't may concern: I

'i and a sub-base of steel 8 to which lattes Beit known that I, WILLIAM D. MORRIB, a vthe rubber base 7 is secured by dovetailed citizen of the United States, residing at State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicleing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to .Myi'nvention relates to resilienttires for use upon vehicle wheels generally, but has reference more particularly to times of the solid type for use upon trucks and other vehicles intended and adapted for heavy hauling.-

It has for its object the" produ'ctionof resilient or cushion tires which are-peculiarly durable in construction, eflieient in operation, and readily mounted or dismount ed when. occasion requires. I The inventionwill be hereinaftenpari y described and pointed out in the In the accompanying drawings which form part of this application and whereon corresponding numerals refer tolike parts in the several views: Figure l is a-view showing in side elevation a vehicle wheel: having one side flange broken away 'exposing more plainly to view the present tire of novel constructlon. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through wheel folly and tire, and, Fig. 3'is a fragmentary view partly in perspective, showing an inverted plan of the steel tire-base. I

Reference being had to the drawings" and numerals thereon 1 indicates the spokes, and 2 the surroundin folly of a truck wheel. Enc-ircling the to] y 2 is a substantial metal cured in place by any well known means: At one point in its clrcumference the said band 3 is grooved transversely as shown at 4, Fig. 1, and in this'groove is seated a key the width of said band, but in any event projecting about one-half of its thickness i bove the surface thereof, as also shown by- Upon the structure thus'far described is mounted the tire which in the resent instance is illustrated as a solidru berstructure 6 havinga relatively hard rubber base.

eonnections'Q in the process of vulcanization. The opposite sides or clencher beads 10 of said steel sub-base 8 project laterally, as

surface of said beads or projections, the purposes of which will later appear.- The said steel sub-base 8 is further characterized by a circumferential internal grooveorchannel 13 with dovetailed sides, into which relati'Yelyha-rd rubberis vulcanized as at 14, and

therebywin arp sed. between it and the I periphery of the fell. band 3 when the tire is pmperly" mounted.- This sub-base isalso cut transversely from its extreme outer edges to its-longitudinal-center by slots, 15' e'xtend- 7 'ing" from -oppositesides alternately, as

clearlv indicated -by' Figifi of the drawings;

and finally iti is crossed transversely by a key seat-"lfi bisecting circumferential clian nel 13 :atright'ngles, and adapted to receive 30 the key 5 aforesaid when in register with the transversegroove 4 of band- 3' herei'nbefore mentioned.

The removable tire retaining flanges 11,

11 are of ordinary construction except-for 35:

the fact thateaeh is severed transversely as at 17 and their'bolt holes 1 are slightly enlarged with relation to the bolts 19 emplo'yed, thus providing for slight expansion andoontraction of the flanges, when drawn up and seated by. agency of-said b0lts19 in the ordinary and well understood manner.

.This being a general description of my present invention, its use and operation are quite apparent, .but the process of quickly mounting the tire upon the wheel structure for use may be briefly stated as follows: The nuts from all bolts 19 at one side having been removed, and likewise the adjacent retaining flange 11, key' seat 16,- crossing the inner periphery of steel base 8 is broughtinto register, a proximately, with transverse groove 4 in t e outer riphery of the felly band? The. tire, inc uding its attached steel base 8, is now forced laterally and bodily over the wheel band 3, very much demountable tires are mounted, "be particularly noted that this as ordinar but itnwill operation in the present instance is greatly 1 facilitatedby the-flexible or expansible and g 7 the "mounti =of said ste zfv progresses '.the-=advanoe edge base expands automatically," while the following'or'trailinged e correspondingly contracts byvirtue of t e open ing and closing of' theirres'pe'ctive trans? verse slotsf15, the; base 8 beingthus flexed;

a supporting ,felly member, of'a'n; elastlci laterally out of thenormal plane of the tire.

This action not only renders"the mounting a matter of small momentgeven-withextr'emel-y heavy truck tires,[ ut also the great 'and material: advantage of 1:23.11 unusually snug fit when mounted. This*accomplished key 5 is 'driven'into-its seat be tweenband 3 andbase'fi where it serves'to interlock-the said parts a'n'd positively prve-i .mg'a' relatively fixed-metallic base slottedftransver's'elyand alternately; from opposite v nues relative movement thereof, techmcallly 5 termed =2; creeping.- 'The removable .;-tirej retaining flange next; replacedi zand gravvnfirmly fto its-seat by action of boltsi ibejesiloted thet, owi,ng :to the ,clearanoe;-12;

the" .selfevident manner, butvitmay provided-1 upon i-Etheinner circumference of each .clencher; beads .or projection 10 bothflanges-1i" must of neoe'ss1tyengage first the 1 ,o11ter' circumference of v therebyavoidilng any tendency; to -lift',the

-base-;8v=from' its:seat}-upi n; band -3,- When thusmounted theentire-structure regdy.

for service, afidaforgthe-severei strainsftm which truck tires;.;hrei.usually subjected, 'and' it will-be notecl that the annular hard rubfiller 14;, shown in ohannel-,-'13; prevents corrosion at this point'of thezsun This being a description of my. present limit myself to this particular embodiment. ofit, 'butclaim' the right to variouschang'es which this invention. relates.; I

I claim and desire to secure by LettersYPat- -ent is:- i i a 1. Inavehicle wheel the combination with] 5o.

- Infra 'v'ehfole we f "alternately-. fronr-op' I -serieseof;zitransver se c sion's yr'collectivelyi ross ngibntpain ivi. .7 v i P r y. a rossisaiidelnse zthei leng'thsiof 2"a,r1y: t;vv(' inc1sions- .takeir lfromo 7 :posm gsidesFbeing'equaltothewidth of t e Iaces which otherwise would =be,.in' *direot 'contact-;. .throughout theirentireewidth;

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parts,- and which may become apparent to persons in ithe art to Having thus described'my invention, what f t re having" a relatively fixed metallic baseslotted transversely and alternately from be'rto'insureasnu '2, In ..a Ivehicle .w 'eel anelastic' tire 'hav v zs ides said slots terixiiiiatirig-with-thdr :inner ends insubstantial ali'nement; 1

I 3. In-a vehiclewheel an elasticitire hav- 7 .ingg'a relatively fixedimetallic base slottedg.- I transversely I and alternately; from opposite -'sides said slots terminating 'with th6ir 1I1I 1e1 i .f "ends. in substantial-alinementin the median jT" :plane ofthebasewelastic have base.

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